Hi
Looking for option for Disater recovery
We use backupexec that can create hyperv machines and they work faultlessly
Also thinking about not spending money unless we have to!
The hyper v machines with 2008 comeback however they need re licensing, from
the test we have completed they work
Thanks for the responses
Just reading up on the options, looks like I have a solution now thanks
Nigel Parker
Systems Engineer
Ultraframe (UK) Ltd
Tel: 01200 452329
Fax: 01200 452201
Web: www.ultraframe.com
Email: mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk
From:
Licensing is something to take up with Microsoft but it sounds like maybe the
original will be offline due to failure when the DR is live but if you are
talking about a Hot DR you will need separate licensing for the host machines
and possibly the virtual machines as well.
Jon
Subject:
Then how are you licensing your DR machine?
Jon
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Virtual machines
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:14:07 +
From: nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Hi
Your first Option is correct
The Dr machine will only be live when the
If you're running all the DR machines on a hyper-v host, then maybe look at
either Data Centre edition (allows unlimited Hyper-V guests) or Enterprise
Edition (4 guests), depending on how many servers you have to failover.
Cheers
Ken
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Hi
At the moment we have nothing in place, So am just looking at options
available,
The hope was we could restore the faulty machine to Hyperv host that
will have 2008 server on and run them for upto 3 days, until the old
hardware was fixed, or a replacement ordered we have a DR contract that
Okay what you are talking about is taking a physical machine that crashes. You
take your backup restore to a Virtual machine correct???
Jon
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Virtual machines
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:12:59 +
From: nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
If
We bought a server with Datacenter that has unlimited virtual machines,
could the virtualised machine be moved to this server and when the
activation pops up could the datacenter license be used?
Nigel Parker
Systems Engineer
Ultraframe (UK) Ltd
Tel: 01200 452329
Fax: 01200 452201
What are the specs of your physical server today?
Server 2003 SP2, Xeon 2.33 Ghz, 4 GB RAM
What is the relative performance of that server today?
Performance is fine.
What are the specs of the virtual host server and its storage?
Dual Xeons, 64-96 GB RAM. May host up to two other VMs
Great. Thanks.
Steve
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From: David Lum david@modahealth.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 5:02:06 PM
Subject: [NTSysADM] RE: Guest disks on Hyper-V 2012 R2
Short answer: separate VHDX.
As a general rule I keep OS
Just to add
We have backup exec that can create the virtual images we think we may
use this once per week, then any missing files etc can be restored from
the nightly backup
Nigel Parker
Systems Engineer
Ultraframe (UK) Ltd
Tel: 01200 452329
Fax: 01200 452201
Web:
Correct
Nigel Parker
Systems Engineer
Ultraframe (UK) Ltd
Tel: 01200 452329
Fax: 01200 452201
Web: www.ultraframe.com
Email: mailto:nigel.par...@ultraframe.co.uk
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com
[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harris
Sent: 28
How big is the environment, how many server licenses are you talking about
here?
Just so I get this right, this is your process?
When hardware failure occurs, backup software restores to a VM.
When new hardware is in place, you backup the VM and restore to new
physical hardware?
My first
I think to answer your question specifically towards licensing, you will need
either an enterprise or datacenter license on your DR vmhost. The OEM key for
your physical host is not transferable to the DR vmhost server. The enterprise
or datacenter license for your DR vmhost is not
Hi
When hardware failure occurs, backup software restores to a VM.
When new hardware is in place, you backup the VM and restore to new
physical hardware?
Correct
It would be a total of 5 machines
Nigel Parker
Systems Engineer
Ultraframe (UK) Ltd
Tel: 01200 452329
Fax:
We're looking at adding several POE switches soon, some in the server room,
others distributed throughout our facility. Nothing's purchased yet, but
will probably go with Cisco products.
We're concerned about locating these in work areas (probably near the 10'
ceilings) due the the higher noise
I am going to be putting on a presentation related to security and risk in
virtualized systems, and I wanted to ping the list of the top 5-10 concerns
that those are using now or are looking to move toward virtualization ( Vmware
ESXi systems especially) would consider on your radar list.
Quick questions:
Need PoE+? Gigabit? How man ports per switch?
Depending on your needs, you can get very quiet or fanless models.
--Matt Ross
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Google Voice - 205-378-9456
Roger Wright rhw...@gmail.com , 1/28/2014 7:30 AM:
We're looking at adding several POE switches
Came across this new internet currency
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/why-bitcoin-matters/?_php=true_type=blogs_php=true_type=blogshpwrref=technology_r=1;
Anyone using it? Is this the future?
__
Stefan Jafs
Not really new, but interesting. Latest news is one of the Bitcoin pioneers
is under charges for a drug ring and money laundering.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/01/28/shrem-resigns-from-bitcoin-fou
ndation/4961903/
I've seen some high-profile businesses and Pro sports teams
New?
We have had AltCoins and LiteCoins since BitCoins
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From: Stefan Jafs sj...@amico.com
Sender: listsadmin@lists.myitforum.comDate: Tue, 28 Jan
Stefan Jafs sj...@amico.com , 1/28/2014 10:55 AM:
Is this the future?
The future is now:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57617719-76/us-retailer-tigerdirect-accepts-bitcoin-payments/
Something like Bitcoin (by this I mean a purely digital currency, not a
mineable currency) seems
also used in the fake anti-virus removal malware apps.
Jean-Paul Natola
From: rodtr...@myitforum.com
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Bitcoin anyone using it
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 14:02:14 -0500
Not really new, but interesting.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Stefan Jafs sj...@amico.com wrote:
Came across this new internet “currency”
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/why-bitcoin-matters/?_php=true_type=blogs_php=true_type=blogshpwrref=technology_r=1;
Anyone using it? Is this the future?
Not new, as others
you can become your own miner...http://www.butterflylabs.com/Or download software on to your machine and mine (but it's really hard to make any money that way, AFAIK, with normal hardware).http://mining.bitcoin.cz/
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Subject: [NTSysADM] Bitcoin anyone using it
Hi all,
A small office (5 users laptops with docks) 1x 2012 server (can add more if
required , hyper-v)
All laptops are windows 7 pro, what would be the recommended solution
(preferably windows as software is charity pricing)?
They are out of the office about 50% of the time, all office docs
Offline files? How often are they back in the office?
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On
Behalf Of J- P
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 12:01 PM
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] File sync laptops to server
Hi all,
A small office
DO NOT want the files in the cloud, they want for the server/ws to synch when
they return.
Jean-Paul Natola
Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] File sync laptops to server
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
From: kz2...@googlemail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:28:55 +
they are already on office365 that was arranged at the parent level, total data
from the local office (the one i support directly) not even 20 gigs
Jean-Paul Natola
From: m...@drumbrae.net
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] File sync
But each user gets 25 Gb personal which they can share out.
You could put SharePoint on the server and then use SkyDrive Pro (now OneDrive
Pro) to sync unlimited storage.
Or upgrade them to Windows 8 and use Work Folders in Server 2012R2 to get
unlimited storage.
Mike
From:
You can get technology that doesn't store in the cloud. AppSense DataNow,
OwnCloudN etc. They leverage on-premise storage instead
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From: J- P
SHUTTERING AT THE THOUGHT of W8, I just got them used to win7. :)
Can i install SharePpoint services (or foundation, or whatever its called now)
on the server rather than the full-blown, for 5 users it seems overkill
Jean-Paul Natola
From: m...@drumbrae.net
Symantec DLO is another option. (Desktop/Laptop option) it will automatically
sync user folders (documents, desktop, etc.) to a server on your network when
they are onsite and connected to your network.
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Behalf
See if this interaction with a MS rep from a few years ago helps at all. We
are a volume license customer so I don't know how much of this you can apply to
your scenario. She mentions having attached a volume license brief. If you
need that I can send it.
You can see my back-and-forth with
A non-enterprise but free option is
FreeFileSynchttp://sourceforge.net/projects/freefilesync/. We currently use
this for our users to back up data from their laptops to the server.
We tried Offline Files and it didn't work in our environment, but in hindsight,
the Win7 rollup may have helped
I've got a 2008R2 server running RDP Services and 20-30 users connecting to it
with no problems, using Windows RDP through the WatchGuard IpSec VPN client or
BOVPN. Two of our upper managers went and bought Win8 laptops, and now can't
connect to the server (the VPN client works). They,
I doubt it will do anything. For 99% of the world it does nothing that can't be
done using existing technologies or currencies.
Cheers
Ken
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Behalf Of Rod Trent
Sent: Wednesday, 29 January 2014 6:02 AM
To:
A lot of these solutions offered depend on your users actually putting files
in certain locations on your disk, or initiating the backup.
If you want something totally automated, you need to set something up that
grabs the user's files.
Such as:
My Docs
Desktop
Signatures
Firefox
Windows 8 can connect to a 2008R2 server via RDP, there isn't any need to
update the server. Plus losing remote control is a pita.
Your issue sounds similar to one I have previously come across.
All laptops here. They work remote almost daily.
I used the word 'workstation' where I probably should not have.
From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]
On Behalf Of Rankin, James R
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 4:41 PM
To:
In the past one office I worked for wanted a free option, I just used Robocopy
in Windows 7 to accomplish the task. Worked better than the 9+ Months I tried
to get offline files working.
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From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On
I forgot to mention this earlier, but one problem with Robocopy is that you
can't do bidirectional syncing with it. If you don't need bidirectional
syncing though, then robocopy is perfect since it's built in and hence
available automatically on all computers.
We use bidirectional syncing to
Switch all of your OEM to a different licensing. Something that will allow
what you are trying to do. OEM can't be transferred around and expected to
work sometimes not at all. Depends a little on the OEM if they will even boot
in a virtual at all.
Jon
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Virtual
Would you want this directed towards the list or personal?
Jon
From: ezi...@lifespan.org
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: [NTSysADM] Security and Risk in Virtualized systems, questions for the
list
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:23:00 +
I am going to be putting on a
+1 on this I had this scheduled for a couple of laptops where I knew what days
and times the person was required to work onsite. Worked very well. I never
worried about 2-way as this was to a restricted backup share the user could not
find. The users were told if there were any issues where
If i redirect MyDocs and Desktop to \\server\redirect\UserHome , what happens
when they are out of the office?
Jean-Paul Natola
From: aakash.s...@uci.edu
To: ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com
Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] File sync laptops to server
Date: Tue, 28 Jan
Virtualization risks, AFAICT, depend mostly on the platform and method of
deployment.
If it's all in-house, then the quality of the platform is probably the
major risk factor - expertise of the sysadmins should probably be equally
an issue regardless of platform.
For fully, or partially,
Some thoughts:
a) Companies investing in virtualisation expect a return – typically their
expectations of how responsive and robust hosting/compute infrastructure is
tends to increase (sometimes significantly). However virtualisation might
simply end up moving the infrastructure
They're not available.
Unless you use Offline Files, which in my experience is a nightmare. YMMV
I would definitely recommend something like OneDrive Pro or DataNow to do a
sync to on-premise storage.
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